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IWMSActiveStream.Name (Visual Basic .NET)

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IWMSActiveStream.Name (Visual Basic .NET)

The Name property retrieves the name of the media stream.

Syntax

  String = IWMSActiveStream.Name

Property Value

A String that contains the name of the media stream.

Remarks

This property is read-only.

Example Code

Imports Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.Interop
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Private Sub GetStreamName()

    ' Declare variables.
    Dim Server As WMSServer
    Dim Players As IWMSPlayers
    Dim Player As IWMSPlayer
    Dim Playlist As IWMSPlaylist
    Dim ActiveMedia As IWMSActiveMedia
    Dim ActiveStreams As IWMSActiveStreams
    Dim ActiveStream As IWMSActiveStream
    Dim strName As String

Try
    ' Create the WMSServer object.
    Server = New WMSServer()

    ' Retrieve the IWMSPlayers object.
    Players = Server.Players

    ' If players are connected, retrieve first IWMSPlayer object
    ' in the IWMSPlayers collection.
    If Server.Players.Count > 0 Then
        Player = Server.Players.Item(0)
    End If

    ' Retrieve the IWMSPlaylist object for the player.
    ' NOTE: A valid playlist file is not always returned.
    ' This may be the case, for example, if the user requested
    ' a specific content file or if a broadcast
    ' publishing point is being used.
    Playlist = Player.RequestedPlaylist
    If Not Playlist Is Nothing Then

        ' Retrieve the IWMSActiveMedia object.
        ActiveMedia = Playlist.CurrentMediaInformation

        ' Retrieve the IWMSActiveStreams object.
        ActiveStreams = ActiveMedia.Streams

        ' Retrieve information about each active stream.
        For Each ActiveStream In ActiveStreams
            ' Retrieve the stream name.
            strName = ActiveStream.Name
        Next
    End If

Catch excCom As COMException
    ' TODO: Handle COM exceptions.
Catch exc As Exception
    ' TODO: Handle errors.
Finally
    ' TODO: Clean-up code goes here.
End Try

End Sub

Requirements

Reference: Add a reference to Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.

Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.Interop.

Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsMediaServices.dll.

Library: WMSServerTypeLib.dll.

Platform: Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Server 2008 family.

See Also

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